Guard lookout station for railway cars



F. HEDLEY AND 1. s. DUYLE. GUARD LOOKOUT STATION FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED )ULY 1.1919.

Patented Apr. 25

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application flied 31115211, 1919. 'seriali No'. 308,000.

ycertain new and useful Invention iii-Guard Lookout Stations for RailwayaCars, of which the following is a specification.' v This invention'relates to The object of the invention is to provide va lookout station forptlieiguards employed on cars andvparticularly on cars ofthe type used in subway and other trains. A f yA further object is to provide a lookout station betweenadjacent ends of cars fin a train, which is simple, eflicient and safe.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter. u

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as will'be more fully hereinafter set forth, vas shown" vin the accompanying drawing, and finally l v*pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the 'drawing,- Y v Fig. 1 is a view inside elevation ofthe proximate ends of two adjacentcars ofa train, showing the application thereto of a" guardlook-out station embodying thel prini "'ciples of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is'a top plan viewof the' same. Y In the operation of cars and trains, particularly of the type now Commonly employed in subway service, it is the usual custom to station a, guard or attendant at for the proximate ends of twovadj acent cars, whose duties are to supervise the Aboarding and alighting movements of passengers, open t and close the gates or v,doors atthe ends of A the cars, and sometimes in certain classes 'of cars, to controlthe opening and closing of the side Adoors atA the center ofthe car length, to pass the starting signals forward towards the motorman at the front end of the car or train, and to perform such other services as may be required. Usually the guard stands on the rear platform of the frontcar or the front platform of the rear llkcar, or else partly on the one platform and many reasons. In the first place the space partly on the other, to operate or control the door opening and closing devices. This practice, however,` isnot. satisfactory for bein" located inside the car or 'on crm-the guard is unable'to observegthe ,i

guard lookout Y conditions atfthecenter "doors to ascertain their -limitl with passengersparticularly fat therush hours of traiiicor where'the traffic is congested, and this renders thefpositionof the guard very uncomfortable'V and fre-i quently hampers Vhim seriously in; thef per4` Y formatricel of his' duties, causiiigldelays. ,andv thereby increasing-the congestion.'` Agaiin the' car plat whether the boarding"v andalightingof,pas-

sengers is completed so'asto-f-render it safe to 'close the? doors, and' Vif the guard stands between the carends, partly onr the platform l of one car and partly onth'at of theother, i i he is unable to observe the conditions of traflic on the station platform in the regions',

of the center or end doors, and besides is in tion..

, It is amo-ng the special purposes of the 7B danger ofinjury Ywhen oCCupying this posipresent invention to avoid these and other i objections and'to provide a station for the standV or support which ,is elevatedr above the level ofthe car floor'and adjacent thev sides of the car where he is enabled to gain a clear unobstructed view of, `and can observe traiiic conditions on, the station plat-` forms inthe vicinity` of the center entrance,`

as well' as the end doors, and wherein the guard is removed from the discomfort and- 'l inconvenience of beingV crowded 'and jammed by passengers packingthe car platforms.

In the drawing, reference numerals V3,* ll,A

designate, respectively, the proximate ends of two adjacent cars. each car, and

of thel car coupling connections, indicated at ,5v ig 2, iS Secured a narrow `platform 6 g .1110011 which the guardfcan stand, especially when the traliic is heavy, and while the car forms being preferably located at a conventhe floors of the cars. The standing platforms 6, preferably the planes of the side-walls of the car and afford lookout stations for the guard at both sidesof the cars and at an elevation which enables him to command a clear viewof the station platform or landing, andwhere he Upon the end wall `of preferably f at opposite sides f Yor train is at al station platform, saidplat- Y is unhampered inhis work by Vreason of 'l 8 l j' guard betweenv the ends of f 'adjacent cars, i which will be safe and wherein provision is Q; raisers crowded conditions on the car platforms.

To afford additional safety and comfort for the guard, armrests or'hand grips, indicated at 7, are provided, which areL secured `to the end Walls of the car at a sufficient Vheight above the auxiliary standings platforms 6to enable the guard to' grab the same or to rest his arms thereon While standing on the supports 6. l

Having now set forth the objects and na,- ture of the invention, and al construction and arrangementembodying the principles thereof, what is claimed as newY and useful is,-'

lv. lThe combination With a car, of an auxiliary lookout platformsecured -to .the exterior of thevend Wall of the car and near the lateral side thereof at a heightV above the I Y level of the floor of the car.

2. The combination With a car, ofl an Yauxiliary lookout platform secured to theel'- teriorl of the end Wall of the car near the side thereof, and a grab or arm rest secured to the outer surface of the end Wall above said looloout platform.

3. The combination with a car, of an auX- iliar7 lookout platform secured to the exterior of the end Wall of the car, and ata height above the levelof the floor of the car near the side thereof, and a grab or arm rest secured to the outer surface ofthe end Wall of the car above said lookout platform.V e

4l. The combination with thel proximate ends of adjacent cars, of auxiliary lookout platforms secured opposite each other to the exterior of the end Wall of each car and near the sides thereof at aheight above the ioor level of the cars.

5. The combination lWith'the proximate ends of adjacent cars, of an"` auxiliary Vloolzzf n out platform secured to the exterior' ofthe end Wall of each car, said platforms being positioned opposite each other, and a grab rail positioned above each lookout platform.

ln testimony whereof We have'he'reunto set our hands on this 24th day of J une, A.`

FRANK Hunter. V JAMEs s. novia. 

